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Locality Name:
Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 287004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boyleston Quarry

Latitude: 55°48'24"N
Longitude: 4°24'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.806666666667,-4.4013888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeFeldsparMalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehniteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTalc
Thomsonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11223702793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11223708803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11223701627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112237011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112237027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11223705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112237027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11223703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11223703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11223704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11223702970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11223707437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112237014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112237012537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11223701236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211223701898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112237061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1122370301
Silver  (*)CopperAg11223705186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211223703337
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1122370452



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